Update: Over the past two years, Lu Dawn & daughter Gayle, have been busy with Girl Scout Troop
1945 here in Spring Lake, North Carolina. The troop fluctuates between 10 to 15 girls ranging in age from 8 to 11 at
present time. When we first took over the troop we started out in the fall of 2009 with 7 to 8 girls, all of which were
Brownies. This year we have Brownies and Juniors. We are looking forward to next year, 2010-2011 and working with
mainly Juniors. This has been a learning experience of a Life Time for both of us!

Lu Dawn first graduated from Robeson Technical Institute, St. Pauls, N.C. in 1972. She was over forty
years old when she graduated from Robeson Community College ADN Program in 1988.

Her inspiration was her mother, Millie. Millie pursued her H.S. diploma to complete her

cosmetology license
in order to teach classes at RCC. Millie had a sixth grade education back at Bull Creek, Mo., having to quit school
to help out at home when her father, James Ross Hilton, took sick.

1988 ADN Graduation Group Photo - RCC, Lumberton, N.C.

ROSS

My greatest accomplishments follow below in the next three photos (of course I cannot take credit for
Renee' although I would like to, I don't think Peggy would appreciate it!):

Mark Paul Fassett & Wife Renee' O'Connor

Gayle Louise Fassett

Jeremy Heath Fassett

This site was created for the preservation of any & all ancestral information & data
Lu Dawn could / can get her paws on and is dedicated to her children for memories!

Lu Dawn Ross was born in Nevada, Missouri one of two daughters born to Colin Ross & Mildred
Maxine Hilton-Sims-Ross-Floyd.

Lu Dawn grew up in Laconia & Keene New Hampshire

Attended High School in Keene, New Hampshire graduating there in 1963.

Met & Married Paul L. Fassett and had two sons & one daughter, all in N.H.

She graduated the ADN Program at Robeson Community College, Lumberton, N.C. in 1988.

She has worked in Nursing in N.H., Maine, N.C., DE, Vicenza, Italy & Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

In 1980 Lu Dawn, her sister, mother, daughter and niece traveled by car to Missouri to get a grasp on their
ancestors.

That was a memorable trip and although we were unable to retrieve some of what we were searching for, we
did retrieve a goodly amount of valuable information & data and we had tons of fun doing so.

Lu Dawn began her family genealogy searching endeavors in the late 1970's and continued same through the
early 1980's.

Since then her searches have been few and sporatic. With the death of Mildred, "Momma" in 2004, Lu
Dawn decided to attempt to put everything all together in some sort of organized format.

Back in the 1970's & 1980's aides such as the internet were all just about unheard of.

One had to write actual letters and post them, then wait forever in some cases, for responses.

These were exciting times. Excitement like the feeling of anticipation walking in from the mailbox
reading a letter and repeating the names over and

over -"Susan Dietlou Dutton". She knew that name. She had seen it. She had copied it down.
She had it in a file. Yuppers! She was able to connect this woman to a John Fassett after years of searching by
the letter writer!

It is moments like that, that we ametuer genealogists live for.

It is hoped that your visit to this site is a joyful one, in which you can link to your past and
to ours.

There are so many Surnames for any searcher to consider.

This site intends to address most of these Surnames in one way or another.

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In the words of Uncle Billy Rex Hilton:

"Permission to use and re-produce any part of this effort is granted herewith to any person of an
honest heart."